does this card need to be connected to the psu, or does it get all the power it needs from the pci slot?
8934
It's a great card. Have head no trouble with it. Gets it power from pci slot
1094876
Can't answer that since it would most definitely depend on what other components you have. This card does not require a lot of power by design, but the total power load would depend on the other components in your system - not just this card.
1116289
All you need are the power connectors from your power supply. This card requires 2 6 pin PCI-E power cables.
1305612
This is a low profile card and does not use a power cable. It uses power from the PCI slot on the motherboard.
1462895
It says that it takes up to Power Consumption up to 75W no additional PCIe power required. And from what I read in PC Mag your PC consumes about 70 Watts under Load so if you don't have multiple Hard drives or Using alot of USB devices you should be good with this card with your power supply. Here is the article I found in PC Mag. From what I read I would say yes it would work fine. But the PC is getting a little outdated to so I don't know how much performance you would see from this card. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2255115,00.asp
1750696
No. It's powered by the pcie connection. It has an optional power supply adapter, but its not necessary.
1505332
Yes, it uses a PCI-E x16 slot on the motherboard, and doesn't require any extra power supply.
404886
well it also depends on how much power your rig requires to run but it has the necessary connections to provide power to the card
86653
I believe so... The card doesn't need it's own power supply, so you should be good. It does require the pci-e slot on your board.
1268485
The power comes from the motherboard PCI express slot, no additional power cables needed.
1836707
You need to use both power supply connections and you would probably need a power supply rated at least 550 Watts (card alone is rated 175 Watts not including any other part of your system.
543209
That's strange, you need minimum of 500 watts to run one of these cards. What exactly are you doing with your computer? Is your computer connected to it's own isolated power outlet?
1836708
It may run on a 425W PSU but it will run sluggish. Yes the card requires you have two 6-pin connectors hooked to it to run properly. It will run properly if you upgrade the power supply. The card requires a minimum of 500 Watts, but my suggestion would be to go to a 550w at least or a 600w PSU.
1332528
It doesn't need any extra power. what do you mean with that "old 2 pin" ? When I tried it the first time it didn't give any video output, but then I went to the bios setup and set to use the PCI card as main video device. Then it booted normally.
967921
No. It does not require a power connection from the power supply. It draws the power it needs from the PCI-E slot.
1846671
You need the pci slot which is 75 watts a 6 pin for another 75 and the 8 pin for 150 - max is 300 watts for the card alone
1682424
Yes. It just needs power to run the fans. There's no data being exchanged between the card and your system.